This week, John discusses the brand new Wyze Outdoor Cam and a new trick for their older V2 Cam to make it into an inexpensive video conferencing webcam on Global BC’s Noon News program.
These are the cameras mentioned:
- Wyze outdoor camera (~$70 Cdn)
- Wyze V2 indoor camera ($47 Cdn)
The firmware update information to allow the V2 to work as a webcam can be found here. As mentioned in the segment, you may also need to source a USB-A to USB-A cable which you can find at some dollar stores and here’s an example on Amazon. Just ensure it’s a USB 3.0 version (typically has a blue plastic part in the plug end as it seems to work better than the regular white ones for USB 2.0.
